素 sù
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 糸 — silk
- Made of
- 龶 growing plant 糸 silk
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
素不相识
sùbùxiāngshí
to be complete strangers
Characters in this word
不 bù
- Strokes
- 4
- Radical
- 一 — one
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
相 xiāng
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 目 — eye
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
识 shí
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 讠 — words, speech
- Made of
- 讠 words, speech 只 only, merely, just
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 两个素不相识的人在火车上聊了一路，竟成了多年好友。 Liǎng gè sùbùxiāngshí de rén zài huǒchē shàng liáo le yí lù, jìng chéng le duōnián hǎoyǒu. Two complete strangers chatted all the way on the train and unexpectedly became friends for many years.
- 他热心帮助素不相识的游客，替他们指路又翻译。 Tā rèxīn bāngzhù sù bù xiāng shí de yóukè, tì tāmen zhǐlù yòu fānyì. He warmly helps complete strangers — showing them the way and translating for them.
- 网上两位素不相识的网友互相鼓励，一起备考。 Wǎngshàng liǎng wèi sù bù xiāng shí de wǎngyǒu hùxiāng gǔlì, yìqǐ bèikǎo. Online, two people who had never met encouraged each other while preparing for an exam together.
Related words
- 朴素 pǔsù simple, plain
- 素质 sùzhì quality, caliber
- 维生素 wéishēngsù vitamin
- 要素 yàosù essential element, factor
- 元素 yuánsù element
- 激素 jīsù hormone
- 抗生素 kàngshēngsù antibiotic
- 素 sù vegetarian; plain; simple
- 素材 sùcái material; source material
- 素食 sùshí vegetarian food; vegetarian diet
- 素养 sùyǎng quality; accomplishment; literacy
- 不大 búdà not very, not much